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Get a Google Drive Access Token using a .p12 Private Key

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Demonstrates how to get a Google Drive API access token using a .p12 private key.

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import { AuthGoogle, Pfx, Socket } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const gAuth = new AuthGoogle();

  const pfx = new Pfx();
  try {
    pfx.loadPfxFile('qa_data/googleApi/ChilkatTest-5ba79ce39459.p12', 'notasecret');
  } catch {
    console.log(pfx.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  try {
    gAuth.setP12(pfx);
  } catch {
    console.log(gAuth.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Choose a scope.
  gAuth.scope = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive';

  // Request an access token that is valid for this many seconds.
  gAuth.expireNumSeconds = 3600;

  // If the application is requesting delegated access:
  // The email address of the user for which the application is requesting delegated access,
  // then set the email address here. (Otherwise leave it empty.)
  gAuth.subEmailAddress = 'support@chilkatcloud.com';

  gAuth.emailAddress = '597922945226-00rb0ppfg0snd9jo6bhvd4v17jtj2d3a@developer.gserviceaccount.com';

  // Connect to www.googleapis.com using TLS (TLS 1.2 is the default.)
  // The Chilkat socket object is used so that the connection can be established
  // through proxies or an SSH tunnel if desired.
  const tlsSock = new Socket();
  try {
    await tlsSock.connectAsync('www.googleapis.com', 443, true, 5000);
  } catch {
    console.log(tlsSock.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Send the request to obtain the access token.
  try {
    await gAuth.obtainAccessTokenAsync(tlsSock);
  } catch {
    console.log(gAuth.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Examine the access token:
  console.log(`Access Token: ${gAuth.accessToken}`);
}